Behavioral: Behavioral: or responses to the environment or responses to the environment Ex: birds...

Behavioral:Behavioral: or responses to the environment or responses to the environment

Ex: birds migratingEx: birds migrating

Structural:Structural: are traits that involve the physical structure are traits that involve the physical structure

(anatomy) of an organism (anatomy) of an organism Ex: beaks of a birdEx: beaks of a bird

Physiological: Physiological: are traits that involve the internal functions or are traits that involve the internal functions or

chemistry of an organism chemistry of an organism Ex: enzymes to digest foodEx: enzymes to digest food

Mimicry:Mimicry: non-poisonous looks like poisonous to non-poisonous looks like poisonous to fake predators.fake predators.

Which snake is the mimic? One is a coral snake (deadly) and one is a Scarlet Kingsnake (harmless).

Wolves communicate through howling…it

strengths unity within the pack.

The physical The physical features that features that allow them to allow them to

survivesurvive

Like a shark’s teeth!!!

The frog's poison is secreted through The frog's poison is secreted through the skin and even a lick can sometimes the skin and even a lick can sometimes prove fatal. Poison arrow frogs have prove fatal. Poison arrow frogs have about 200 micrograms of poison in about 200 micrograms of poison in their systems. It would take only 2 their systems. It would take only 2 micrograms to kill a humanmicrograms to kill a human

Bees communicate

with each other to locate

nearby pollen

Opossums…the only marsupial in the US!! Typically play dead when frightened…

Or

Physiological- because it is a chemical within the body that helps it to lie so still.

The Ophrys Orchid is designed to look like a female bee…to attract the male bees to it!!

The giraffes long The giraffes long neckneck

The venom of a snake…

A hummingbirds beak…A hummingbirds beak…

A penguinA penguin’’s fat reserves…s fat reserves…

The Flying GeckoThe Flying Gecko

The ability of the chameleon to change colors!!

The proteins found in spider webs

Some insects are designed to perfectly

blend in to their environment

Birds migrating Birds migrating south for the south for the

winterwinter

A monarch and a viceroy

A monarch tastes bad, so the viceroy mimics it’s appearance so animals won’t eat him!!

MonarchMonarch

ViceroyViceroy

A porcupineA porcupine’’s quills!! s quills!!

Ouch!!Ouch!!

Some octopi release ink as a response to a

threat

Having the ink inside the Having the ink inside the octopus is…octopus is…

A camelA camel’’s s hump…hump…